Borrowed Culture | A young graduate and his quest to understand China. The spring migration | the Anthill. Two panoramas from spring festival travels Two landscapes, courtesy of the iPhone's "panorama" function. One is a stretching maize field in Anhui province, among China's poorest and most historic rural settings. To the left, one of the many graves that pepper the land, mounds of earth around which the newly budding crops circle respectfully.
Straight ahead, almost too low to be visible, a hamlet of brick houses and dirty courtyards filled with waddling ducks and barking dogs. The second is a field of faces, as thousands of migrant workers who once farmed this land go back to the cities where they now work, after spending the new year at their old home. Tonight is the last day of the spring festival, and those farmer brothers that lingered will now be going back to their urban lives. <div class="disqus-noscript"><a href=" East Asia Forum.
The Nanfang. China Law & Policy. Sinocism-China In The 21st Century. Sinostand. Behind The Wall. TechRice | Tech in China, from startups to internet giants & angels to IPOs. China News, Current Events & Headlines - China Digital Times (CDT) - Circumvent GFW. GenYchina.com. One day in my life - Daily Photography from Hong Kong. Tea Leaf Nation | Making sense of China through social media. Seeing Red in China | Your guide to modern China. China change « News and Commentaries from those who aspire for change. Chinabloggers | china blog list. China Twitter Accounts You Probably Already Follow, Schmuck. At the end of every year, the meejah publish lists: what’s what, what’s hot, what’s not, what’s frot — y’know, “Top 10 Worst Celebrity Red Carpet Frock Horrors!”
And other such high-water marks for journalism. But being lazy and living in China, we thought we’d wait until the end of the Dragon Year to do something similar. And seeing as we’re cheeky and crass, we thought we’d take a slightly different approach. So here it is, our list of the 28 China-related Twitter accounts that, indiscriminately chosen via no particular criteria, have earned a place in our Hall of Flame.
This collection took about five minutes to compile, so please don’t feel offended if you’re not included. There’s always next year… Speaking of which, nominations are now open for yourself or others for future iterations of the Beijing Cream Twitterati. Ai Weiwei, artist @aiww Even the most mundane observation treated as holy writ. 我拍了张照片 艾未未 Ai Weiwei (@aiww) January 17, 2013 . This guy @akadashan Ack.